---
name: "Mervin Williams"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mervin-williams"
fi1m_id: "mervin-williams"
imdb_id: "nm0931300"
tmdb_id: 90373
wikidata_id: "Q113806568"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 January 1905"
died: "20 June 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:59:26.087133+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mervin Williams

## Identity

Mervin Williams

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mervin-williams
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mervin-williams
- **IMDb ID:** nm0931300
- **TMDB ID:** 90373
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113806568
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113806568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90373

Actor. Born 28 January 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 June 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 January 1905, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 June 1992
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113806568, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90373

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Salt of the Earth*](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md) (76)

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## Biography

Mervin Williams was an American actor. He was born on 28 January 1905 in New York City and died there on 20 June 1992.

His screen credits include the role of Hartwell in the 1954 film *Salt of the Earth*, as well as appearances in *Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle* (1950) and several other features, often in small or uncredited parts such as reporters. He also appeared in television episodes including *Rebound* (1952).

Williams had a stage career that included Broadway productions such as *The Good Woman of Setzuan* (1956).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salt of the Earth* (1954), Fi1m 76, as Hartwell — [page](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salt of the Earth* (1954), as Hartwell — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md)
- *Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle* (1950), as Reporter #2
- *Three Secrets* (1950), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *The Underworld Story* (1950), Actor
- *Bested by a Beard* (1940), as Professor Zinko

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